Carbon Tracing

#Biochemistry

CC(O)C1(=O)[O-]

Summary

• 1,6 carbons of glucose (3 on pyruvate) decompose over time with a half life equal to one TCA cycle
• 2,5 carbons of glucose (2 on pyruvate) are lost on second round of TCA
• 3,4 carbons of glucose (1 on pyruvate) are lost when pyruvate undergoes decarboxylation to become acetyl-CoA